Folding bed for automobiles.



J. E. HOWARD.

FOLDING BED FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 31. I9l7y I 1 ,268,7 1 7.. Patented June 4, 191" 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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J. E. HOWARD.

FOLDING BED FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 31. I917.

Patented June 4, 1918.

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\ Mara ward am zw aim supports by passing the ends of the brace rods 17 through the openings 10 of the rod 8, which openings 10 are rendered accessible '-by means of the elongated openings 11 in lll at I

the loop 7. The forward end of the flexible portion 1 is then secured to the frame of the wind shield of the automobile by means of the cords 6, which are drawn up Suficiently to render said flexible portion taut. The hook 18 engaging the ring 21 at the rear end of the automobile will not permit the slatted portion of the device to move forwardly out of engagement with the top of the rear seat, when the flexible portion thus drawn forwardly. The cushions 22 are then removed from. the seats of the automobile and placed on the slats 12 between said slats and the flexible portion 1 of the device, the height of the supports 15 being approximately equal to the thickness of the cushions.

When it is, desired to fold up the bed, the free ends 15" of the supports 15 are folded forwardly and downwardly into engagement with their respective slats 12, and the brace rods 17 and the hooks 18 with their connecting links 20 are also folded forwardly into flat engagement with said slats 12*, all as shown in Fig. l; and then the slats are rolled up into a roll, and the flexible ,portion 1 is wrapped around them and tied with the cords 6, as indicated in Fig. 6. The roll thus formed can be stowed away-in the automobile, and will take up but little room.

Having thus described my invention, what ll claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1 Lil. device of the character: described, comprising a. lower portion designed to be supported on the backs of the automobile seats, and formed of slats hinged together laterally to permit the slats to be rolled up into a. roll when not in use; an upper porp .tlon formed offlexlble material; a-foldlngsupport interposed between said upper and lower portions, said support being hinged at its lower end to said lower portion with the hinge arranged to fold inward, and adapted. at its free upper end to detachably connect with said upper portion and arranged to rigidly hold the same sufficiently spaced from each other for the reception of the automobile-cushions between them.

mean? 2. lei-device of the character described, comprising a lower portion designed to be supported on the backs of the automobile seats, and formed of slats hin ed together to permit the slats to be rolled up into a roll when not in use; an upper portion formed of flexible material; folding sup ports interposed between said upper and lower portions and adapted to hold said parts spaced from each other, each support comprising a hinge having one of its wings secured to said lower slatted portion and having its other wing free and adapted to swing upwardly therefrom; and a brace rod also pivoted to said slatted portion and adapted to swing upwardly therefrom, said brace rod being adapted to engage and hold said free wing its upward position; and means for engaging and holding said upper flexible portion on said support.

3. A device of the character described,

comprising a lower portion designed to be supported on the backs of the automobile seats and formed of slats hinged together laterally to permit the slatted portion to be rolled up into a roll when not in use; an

upper portion formed of flexible material;

a transverse bar at the end of said flexible portion; folding supports interposed between said upper and lower portions and adapted to hold said parts spaced from each other, each support being hinged at its lower end to said lower, slatted portion near the end of said portion, and having? its upper end free. and adapted to swing upwardly and also inwardly into parallelism with said lower portion; and brace rods also pivoted at one end to said slatted portion between said. hinged supports and the 1011- gitudinal center of the slatted portion, said brace rods having their free ends toward said supports and being}, adapted when notin use to lie in fiatengagement with said lowerportion of the device, and, when desired for use, to swing upwardly therefrom at their free ends, the upper free ends (if said support having openings adapted to receive the free ends of said brace rods, said rods being provided with stops, to limit the inward movement of said free ends of the supports on said rods, said steps being spaced from the ends of said rods to permit said ends to project beyond the supports; and said transverse bar of the flefuihle portion of the'device having openings adapted to receive the projecting ends of said rods.

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